Water Margin

Author: Zheng Yuanjie
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Publish Date: 2000-06-01
Features: Everyone should have their own personality. Society should respect everyone's individuality. A society without individuality is a tragedy for humanity. One of the flaws in our education system is that we pay insufficient attention to children's personalities while striving to mold them into uniform, submissive "good children." This is undoubtedly detrimental to the future development of our nation. This book is one of the Chinese classical literary masterpieces I encountered during my youth. It was when I was in third grade of elementary school, which was twenty-seven years ago. Before rewriting Water Margin, I reread the original work twice. I was amazed to discover that reading a good literary work in one's youth can have an immeasurable impact on a person's entire life. The literary influences of Water Margin are evident everywhere in my current writing. More importantly, my personality and the spirit of resistance in my works are largely shaped by Water Margin. Conformity, caution, and passivity only hinder the wheels of history.